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1947 NL Plate Appearances by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Trips to the plate

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in plate appearances in 1947, with 6,131, 6 ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The average across 8 NL teams is 5,972.5.

Led the NL in 1947 St. Louis Cardinals 156 games
6,131 Plate Appearances 6 clear of Brooklyn Dodgers
# Team G PA
1 St. Louis Cardinals 156 6,131
2 Brooklyn Dodgers 155 6,125
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 156 6,007
NL average 5,972.5
4 Boston Braves 154 5,954
4 Cincinnati Reds 154 5,954
6 New York Giants 155 5,924
7 Chicago Cubs 155 5,857
8 Philadelphia Phillies 155 5,828

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.